Fantasy 2008 BigFooty Mock Draft - Board

[dspeed]

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Some interesting stats from our mock so far compared to last years draft which highlights the strengths and weaknesses of this years draft class.

So far, in our mock (after 51 picks) the following numbers have been taken for each position:
QB 3
RB 5
FB 0
WR 7
TE 2
OT 9
OG 1
C 1

DE 7 (Groves is listed as a DE, does project to a OLB)
DT 6
LB 3
CB 6
S 2

Compare that to last year after 51 picks:
QB 5
RB 4
FB 0
WR 9
TE 2
OT 4
OG 3
C 0

DE 3
DT 4
LB 8
CB 4
S 5

What i can tell from this is a) i am bored! but b) that this years draft is much stronger in the trenches. 9 OTs already gone as opposed to 4 last year and 13 defensive linemen gone as opposed to 7 last year. It also shows that this year is significantly weaker in the LB and S spots, with only 5 players coming from those areas so far as compared to a total of 13 at the same stage in the draft last year.

Basically this is a good year if you want to solidify your lines as opposed to getting a LB or S.

 

[dspeed]

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As per an earlier PM by Woodson, he said to give him 5 hours to make his pick and if he hadnt done so by then to pick for him, after consultation with gg, the Steelers select...

RB Matt Forte, Tulane

 

[Exe Gesis]

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As per an earlier PM by Woodson, he said to give him 5 hours to make his pick and if he hadnt done so by then to pick for him, after consultation with gg, the Steelers select...

RB Matt Forte, Tulane

Just to chip in why....Steelers imo are gonna go offense in this draft. They need WR help, and they definitely need RB help with the 'concerns' about Parker and the lack of depth generally there. In the end, the running game is their 'thing' so they probably address RB in the early rounds. Matt Forte is one of several good possible suggestions.

 

[CONS_SS]

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geez I dunno about the Steelers taking Matt Forte...nothing against him but the Steelers already have Parker, Davenport and have just signed Mewelde Moore. If I was choosing I'd still focus on the o-line....I know they got an OT in the first, but they've just lost All-Pro Faneca and who's going to replace him? Build the line and if necessary grab a RB later/if at all. One player I have in mind is OG Chilo Rachal from USC who would fit in nicely at Pitt...huge size, extremely powerful, nasty attitude, great in the run game. Heck I wouldn't mind if Dallas took him. Interested to see what Woodson thinks (he should be back online Thursday).

 

[dspeed]

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geez I dunno about the Steelers taking Matt Forte...nothing against him but the Steelers already have Parker, Davenport and have just signed Mewelde Moore. If I was choosing I'd still focus on the o-line....I know they got an OT in the first, but they've just lost All-Pro Faneca and who's going to replace him? Build the line and if necessary grab a RB later/if at all. One player I have in mind is OG Chilo Rachal from USC who would fit in nicely at Pitt...huge size, extremely powerful, nasty attitude, great in the run game. Heck I wouldn't mind if Dallas took him. Interested to see what Woodson thinks (he should be back online Thursday).

i actually was going to take Rachal, but pmed gg to get his thoughts, he said Forte, i'd prefer he pick then me as i do hate the steelers!

 

[dspeed]

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i actually was going to take Rachal, but pmed gg to get his thoughts, he said Forte, i'd prefer he pick then me as i do hate the steelers!

on second thoughts, no we are right, Rachal over Forte it is, i am changing it!

 

[dspeed]

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BIGFOOTY 2008 MOCK DRAFT

Round 1

1. Miami (LennyBriscoe) -- DE Chris Long, Virginia
2. St.Louis (LennyBriscoe) -- OT Jake Long, Michigan
3. Atlanta (manureid) -- QB Matt Ryan, Boston College
4. Oakland (manureid) -- DT Glenn Dorsey, LSU
5. Kansas City (TGBB) -- DT Sedrick Ellis, USC
6. New York Jets (wce_all_da_way) -- DE Vernon Gholston, Ohio State
7. New England (from SF) (crowman_23) --CB Leodis McKelvin, Troy
8. Baltimore (dspeed) --CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Tennessee St.
9. Cincinatti (dspeed) --OLB Keith Rivers, USC
10. New Orleans (JeffDunne) --CB Aqib Talib, Kansas
11. Buffalo (neddy36) --CB Mike Jenkins, South Florida
12. Denver (redragger) --OT Ryan Clady, Boise State
13. Carolina (CONS_SS) --RB Darren McFadden, Arkansas
14. Chicago (DaSawx) --WR Malcolm Kelly, Oklahoma
15. Detroit (TCol) --OT Chris Williams, Vanderbilt
16. Arizona (wizard) --DE Phillip Merling, Clemson
17. Minnesota (Sven26) --DE Derrick Harvey, Florida
18. Houston (gg) --RB Jonathon Stewart, Oregon
19. Philadelphia (Southerntakeover) --WR DeShaun Jackson, California
20. Tampa Bay (pale_rider) --QB Brian Brohm, Louisville
21. Washington (gg) --WR Mario Manningham, Michigan
22. Dallas (from Cleveland) (marcuz) --WR Devin Thomas, Michigan State
23. Pittsburgh (Woodson) --OT Jeff Otah, Pittsburgh
24. Tennessee (Jem) --WR Limas Sweed, Texas
25. Seattle (Sven26) --OG Branden Albert, Virginia
26. Jacksonville (juddy_Like) --WR James Hardy, Indiana
27. San Diego (Brasher) --OT Gosder Cherilus, Boston College
28. Dallas (marcuz) --RB Chris Johnson, East Carolina
29. San Francisco (from Ind) (Brasher) --OLB Quentin Groves, Auburn
30. Green Bay (fuey)CB Antoine Cason, Arizona
31. New England FORFEITED
32. New York Giants (zarko) --ILB Dan Connor, Penn State

Round 2

33. Miami (stiza_007) --S Kenny Phillips, Miami(FL)
34. St.Louis (LennyBriscoe) --DE Calais Campbell, Miami
35. Oakland (manureid) --WR Early Doucet, LSU
36. Kansas City (TGBB) --OT Sam Baker, USC
37. New York Jets (wce_all_da_way) --RB Rashard Mendenhall, Illinois
38. Atlanta (manureid) --DT Kentwan Balmer, North Carolina
39. Baltimore (dspeed) --QB Joe Flacco, Delaware
40. San Francisco (Brasher) --DT Trevor Laws, Notre Dame
41. New Orleans (JeffDunne) --TE Dustin Keller, Purdue
42. Buffalo (neddy36) --TE Fred Davis, USC
43. Denver (redragger) --DT Pat Sims, Auburn
44. Carolina (CONS_SS) --S Reggie Smith, Oklahoma
45. Chicago (DaSawx) --RB Felix Jones, Arkansas
46. Detroit (TCol) --ILB Jerod Mayo, Tennessee
47. Cincinatti (dspeed) --DT Dre Moore, Maryland
48. Minnesota (Sven26) --OT Carl Nicks, Nebraska
49. Atlanta (from Houston) (manureid) --OT Anthony Collins, Kansas
50. Philadelphia (Southerntakeover) --OT Heath Benedict, Newberry
51. Arizona (wizard) --CB Branden Flowers, Virginia Tech
52. Washington (gg) --DE Lawrence Jackson, USC
53. Tampa Bay (pale_rider) --WR Earl Bennett, Vanderbilt
54. Pittsburgh (Woodson) --OG Chilo Rachal, USC
55. Tennessee (Jem) --ON THE CLOCK
56. Seattle (Sven26) --
57. Green Bay (from Cleveland) (fuey) --
58. Miami (from San Diego) (LennyBriscoe) --
59. Jacksonville (juddy_Like) --
60. Indianapolis (fuey) --
61. Green Bay (fuey) --
62. Dallas (marcuz) --
63. New England (crowman_23) --
64. New York Giants (zarko) --

Round 3

65. Miami (LennyBriscoe) --
66. St.Louis (LennyBriscoe) --
67. Kansas City (TGBB) --
68. Carolina (from NY Jets) (CONS_SS) --
69. Atlanta (manureid) --
70. New England (from Oakland) (crowman_23) --
71. San Francisco (Brasher) --
72. Jacksonville (from Bal thru Buf) (juddy_Like) --
73. Buffalo (neddy36) --
74. Minnesota (from Denver) (Sven26) --
75. Carolina (CONS_SS) --
76. Chicago (DaSawx) --
77. Detroit (TCol) --
78. Cincinatti (dspeed) --
79. New Orleans (JeffDunne) --
80. Houston (gg) --
81. Philadelphia (Southerntakeover) --
82. Arizona (wizard) --
83. Minnesota (Sven26) --
84. Tampa Bay (pale_rider) --
85. Washington (gg) --
86. Tennessee (Jem) --
87. Seattle (Sven26) --
88. Detroit (from Cleveland) (TCol) --
89. Pittsburgh (Woodson) --
90. Jacksonville (juddy_Like) --
91. Chicago (from San Diego) (DaSawx) --
92. Green Bay (fuey) --
93. Dallas (marcuz) --
94. Indianapolis (fuey) --
95. New England (crowman_23) --
96. New York Giants (zarko) --

 

[CONS_SS]

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on second thoughts, no we are right, Rachal over Forte it is, i am changing it!

LOL...great stuff. It'd be funny if Woodson actually prefered the RB

 

[Woodson]

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LOL...great stuff. It'd be funny if Woodson actually prefered the RB

Hmmm, apparently Coach Tomlin is returning to his junkyard ways (previous clubs) to scrounge for treasure (band aid scraps)

from Pittsburgh gazette >>

His name is Mewelde (mu-WELL-dee) Moore, a running back from the Minnesota Vikings. He signed a three-year contract with the Steelers as an unrestricted free agent that will pay him $4.95 million and include a $1.35 million signing bonus.

Moore (5 feet 11, 209 pounds) will compete to become the team's third-down back and also to return punts and kickoffs.

"He has things that are potentially attractive to us," said coach Mike Tomlin, who witnessed Moore first hand when he was the Vikings' defensive coordinator in 2006.

 

[Sven]

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Anyone heard anything from jem - the Seahags are ready to make a pick as soon as Tennessee lock someone in....

 

[Jem]

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Sorry to keep you guys waiting, big day...
I'll post my pick soon.

 

[Jem]

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With the 55th pick in the 2008 NFL Draft the Tennessee Titans select RED BRYANT DT TEXAS A&M

At 6-5 and 328 lbs Bryant should be a solid NFL run stuffer. He'll give the Titans some more depth at DT, which they need, especially if another team throws the big bucks at Haynesworth next offseason.

 

[Sven]

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With the 56th pick of the NFL Draft Seattle selects CB, Tracy Porter, Indiana

After getting OG Branden Albert in the first round, Seattle's attention moves to DT, CB, and WR in the second. DT is probably their highest need, but no-one offers any value, and WR is a similar story. So its off to the corners, and Patrick Lee, Justin King and Tracy Porter are all considered. Both Porter and King can also contribute on special teams and in a close run battle Tracy Porter comes off the boards to compete with Kelly Jennings for the starting role at the Seahawks. Jennings hasn't really set the world on fire at CB, in 2007 he started 15 games and didn't register a single interception.

 

[Jem]

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Oops Jem - Trevor Laws was taken at pick 40 by the 49ers

Apologies guys. Fixed.

 

[fuey]

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57. Tavares Gooden, OLB, (Miami, FL)

Was a toss up between he and Adibi, but Gooden has the superior coverage skills, which we lacked at the SAM LBer last season.

 

[Woodson]

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[Woodson]

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[TCol]

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Someone needs to make this pick so we can keep this thing moving.

 

[Dagless]

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Its Easter weekend... We all agreed that it would be more lax, for obvious reasons... Still quite a bit ahead of where I thought we would be by this time...

 

[Asif]

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I am eating egg of chocolate.

 

[CONS_SS]

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I am eating egg of chocolate.

Asif =

 

[bringbackschwarter5]

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Andre Woodson has fallen in everybody's books it seems, wasnt he earmarked as Chicago's first pick for a while and i wouldn't think the Chargers would go for Cherilus when Kenny Phillips was still on the board

 

[Sven]

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It's time to get the show rolling again guys.

All those Easter eggs must nearly be digested now, so lets get the draft back on!

Miami (Lenny Briscoe) is on the clock.

 

[Brasher]

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Andre Woodson has fallen in everybody's books it seems, wasnt he earmarked as Chicago's first pick for a while and i wouldn't think the Chargers would go for Cherilus when Kenny Phillips was still on the board

Why? Personally it's a toss up...they have no projected RT at the moment and whilst Phillips is the best of a poor safety class and is a Chargers area of need I wouldn't spend a 1st rounder on one.

 

[bringbackschwarter5]

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Why? Personally it's a toss up...they have no projected RT at the moment and whilst Phillips is the best of a poor safety class and is a Chargers area of need I wouldn't spend a 1st rounder on one.

From what i've seen they have a bit of faith in Jeromey Clary starting at right tackle, even enough to cut Shane Olivea. But everyone's entitled to their opinions